Denies Whitewash Claim in Capitol Conspiracy Trial
Former Governor Pennypacker testifies in Dauphin county court defense for Sanderson and state officers. He denies any official effort to whitewash Capitol stands and describes meetings over a letter to Attorney General Carson. He explains advances to Sanderson and Huston’s role, with $220,000 paid for furnishings work and bonds held until delivery.
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Pennypacker
Sanderson
Snyder, Mathues and Shumaker
Dauphin County
Capitol
Carson
Stanford B. Lewis
Joseph M. Huston
Snyder
Lewis
Gilbert
The
Commonwealth
Huston
Haston
Trust Company
Genefsee
Pennsylvania Construction Company
Mmneraine Furniture
Harriman Wins as Court Dismisses Illinois Central Injunction
Chicago Feb 21 Judge Ball dissolves October injunction blocking Harriman interests from voting 281231 shares of Illinois Central at the annual meeting. The ruling allows Union Pacific and Railroad Security to vote their shares on March 2. No appeal is planned, but further steps by Mr. Fish may follow to regain control.
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Ilinois Central
Chicago
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Railroads Security Company
New Jersey
Mwinois Central
Ball
Senator Latimer Bies Succumbs in Washington Hospital
Washington February 21 Senator As bury C Latimer of South Carolina died at Providence hospital after a critical battle with peritonitis. He was fifty seven, born near Loudensville Abbeville county and served in the senate since March 5 1903 his term would have expired in March 1999. He underwent an open operation for intestinal trouble, inflammation followed, and he died in the morning after family members were summoned from South Carolina.
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Washington Hospital
Washington
Asbury C. Latimer
S. C
Providence Hospital
Latimer
Loundesville
Abbeville County
Senate
John L. McLaurin
Senator Latimer
South Carolina
News Nuggets of 19th Century Tragedies and Deaths
William H. Johnson hanged in Philadelphia for murdering his wife Rebecca on October 20 1996. Elizabeth Barnum widow of the War of 1812 dies at East Orange New Jersey aged ninety six. Gasoline explosion fatal for Mrs E L Dodder and her sister in Glade Pennsylvania. Twelve year old Hanahan burns to death in Kansas City Kansas. Colonel Eugene W Grindon Fuller's Express president shoots himself in New York desk death follows.
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Wiliam H. Johnson
Rebecca Johnson
Philadelphia
Elizabeth Barnum
East Orange
N. J
E. L. Dodder
Hamilton
Glade
Omaha
Neb.rd Hanahan
Kansas City
Kan
Eugene W. Grindon
Fuller's Express Company
New York
Fleet at Callao under Admiral Evans despite illness
At Callao the American battleships led by Rear Admiral Evans anchored in the harbor amid salutes and crowds. Ill with rheumatism, Evans could not attend the official ceremonies. Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas would represent him, though Evans remains fleet commander during the visit.
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Evans
Callao
Lima
Charles M. Thomas
Mitchell May Get Panama Mission To Report Labor Conditions
Washington reports that John Mitchell retiring president of the anthracite miners union may be asked by President Roosevelt to go to Panama to report on labor conditions. The White House conference also considered Goethals instructions and possible replacements for Mitchell.
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Panama
Washington
John Mitchell
Anthracite Coal Miners’ Union
Roosevelt
Whiter House
Taft
Goethals
Isthmus
Antchell
James Bronson Reynolds
Chicago
Virtual presidency questions and historic successions
The piece debates who truly held the presidency during March 4, 1849, noting Atchison’s oath and the absence of a formal inauguration for Taylor and Fillmore. It recalls 18th and 19th century succession rules, a presidential interregnum, and contrasts official acts with claimed virtual tenure.
Canadian's Odd Misfortune
Edward Spendlove of St. John New Brunswick traveled to Mexico to inspect timber tracts with a venture to invest. He struck a tree with an axe and sap sprayed into his eyes, causing complete blindness. He is being taken home.
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Edward Spendlove
St. John
N. B
Mexico
Date Fixed For Gillette's Death
Chester E Gillette of Cortland convicted of murder in the first degree will be executed in the electric chair the week of March 30. The New York Court of Appeals Tuesday sustained the conviction and set the execution date.
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Gillette
Albany
Chester E Gillette
Cortland
Grace
Billy” Brown
Court of Appeals
Santa Fe Shops Closed At Topeka
Topeka Kansas February 21 The Santa Fe railroad shops at this point are closed The closing down is only temporary perhaps until Monday This means the temporary layoff of about 2600 men Lack of work and financial stringency given as the cause Explosion Kills Thirty One in Berkeley
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Topeka
Han
Santa Fe
Berkeley
Cal
Herenies
Pinole
Here
Instinct and Reason as Mind Actions Compared
The text contrasts instinct and reason as faculties guiding actions with and without knowledge of means and ends. It notes the real difference between them is unknown and likely unknowable, citing a New York American line. It then recounts a short, fable like anecdote about a boy and his father over meals, ending with a humorous miscue.
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New York American
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